Shirt for men&#39;s wear



July 31, 1928.

A R BENZ ETAL snm'r 1 0a HENS WEAR Filed Sept. 25, 1924 nears "stares PATENT 7 ounce.

ALICE RUBY BENZ AND FRANK M. ASHLEY, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK. if

SHIRT non MENS WEAR.

Application filed September 25, 1924. Serial No. 739,829.

This invention relates to shirts for mens by sewing to the under side of the shoulder wear, I I seam as indicated at DD in Figure l, and The object of this invention is to provide under the collar band E and extending means for preventing the'stiff collars worn downward under the pleat F as indicated in 6 with shirts having soft front portions against dottedlines, and maybe secured to the shirt which the corners of the collars rest in front or left free as may be found most wearing relation, from wearing holes in the desirable. v shirt front. hen left free the. lower edge may be A further object is toprovide a shirt that 'hemstitched or otherwise secured against will afford more protection to the wearer. raveling. V

A further object is to provide a shirt hav- G indicates a pocket formed between the ing a pocket formed on the inner side therelining and shirt front, the openings. thereto of, the upper portion thereof serving as a being indicated at G. The said pocket is liningto prevent undue wear at the points formed bystitching a section of th mat rial 15 where the ends of the collar rest against the thereof along one side edge to the neckband shirt front. seam and shoulder seam, and along two side Referring to the drawings which form a edges to the inner face of the bosom, leaving part of the specification: one side edge adjacent the front opening of Fi 1 i a i of the front portion of the shirtfree to form a pocket opening.

20 a shirt embodying the invention. It will be observed that the lining in all Fig. 2 is'a view showing a portion of the cases extends across the space where the back removed to disclose the lining portions lower ends or points of the a collar rest sewed to the front portions. 7 against the shirt and this permits a relative Fig. 3 illustrates a modified form of conmoveinent of the shirt front and lining porstruction in which the lining portion is tion when the collar presses against the shirt abbreviated. front, the lining serving as a pad and pre- Fig. 4 is a vertical cross section taken on venting, excessive wear on the portions line XX of Figure 1. 1 against which the collar rubs.

Fig. 5 is a vertical cross section taken on Having thus described our invention we no h Z Z f Fi 2, claim as new and desire to secure by Letters A indicates the front portion of a soft Patent as defined by the following claim:

shirt made of thin striped material, a por- A shirt having a bosom of soft material tion of which is broken away at A to disopen at its front and having a front pleat, close a lining portion B, also of striped maa neckband seam and a shoulder seam, a terial, the stripes being indicated by C, be pocket of flexible material stitched along its ing placed in superimposed relation and of top to the shirt by the shoulder seam and the same pattern so that the appearance of the neckband seam, said pocket being a subthe shirt will not be changed by reason of stantially rectangular, elongated body open the lining when the material is thin and of at its inner side and stitched at its upper and 35 loose or open weave. lower portions to the front pleat.

The materials of the shirt and lining por- Si d t N Y k, i th county f tion should be such that when the shirt New York and State of New Yo1'lr,Septc111- shrinks due to washing, the shrinkage will her, A. D. 1924. be the same to prevent distortion of the 45 garment I ALIdE RUBY BENZ.

The lining material is secured to the shirt I FRANK M. ASHLEY. 

